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lim
2. x →∞ 1+ x−2
SLOPE

1. Find the slope of the curve y=x 2 at the point (−1 , 1) . lim
tan x−sin x
' 3. θ→0 x
ANSWER: y =−2
sin θ−tan θ
2
lim
cos θ−sec θ
y=x −x at ( 1 , 0). 4. θ→0
2. Find the slope of the curve
ANSWER: 1

y=
1 5.
lim
x →0 √
5 x 3 −64 x
x 2 +2 x

3. Find the slope of the line to the curve of x−3 at ( 4 , 1 ) . 6. Find the derivative of arc csc 3x.
ANSWER: -1 −1 1 3
a. b. c. d.
EQUATION OF DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
x √ 9 x −1
2
3 x √ 9 x −1
2
x √ 1−9 x 2
Find the equations of the tangent and normal lines to the given 3
curves at the points indicated. x √ 9 x 2−1
1. y = x3 + x, ( -1, -2) ANSWER: A
ANSWER: 4x – y + 2 = 0, x +4y + 9 = 0 3
( x +1)
7. Find the derivative of .
x
a. 3 ¿ ¿ b. 2 ¿ ¿
3
2. y = x−x , ( 1 , 0 ) c. 4 ¿ ¿ d. ¿ ¿

ANSWER: A
ANSWER: 2 x+ y=2 , x−2 y−1=0

RATE OF CHANGE
1 1. Find the rate of change of the volume V with respect to the radius
3 1 r of the base of a right circular cylinder of height 5 in.
3. y = √x , ( 8, 2 ) ANSWER: 10 πr
ANSWER: x + 48y – 32 = 0, 96x – 2y – 767= 0 2. The radius of a sphere, initially zero, increases at the rate of 7ft.
per sec. Find how fast the volume is increasing after ½ sec.
ANSWER: 343 π cubic ft. per sec.
Evaluate the following: 3. Find the rate of change at which the reciprocal of a number
changes as the number x increases.
2+ sin x ANSWER: - 1/4
lim
1. x →0 x
TIME RATES
1. Water flows into a vertical cylindrical tank at the rate of 24 [Link]. 8. Water is flowing into a conical reservoir 2 ft deep and 10 ft across
per min. If the radius of the tank is 4 ft, how fast is the surface the top at the rate of 15 [Link]./min. Find how fast the surface is
rising? rising when the water is 8 ft deep.
3 15
ANSWER: ft /min ANSWER: ft /min
2π 4π

2. A rectangular trough is 7 ft long, 3 ft across the top, and 4 feet 9. A trapezoidal trough is 10 ft long, 4 ft wide at the top, 2 ft wide at
deep. If water flows in at the rate of 3 [Link]./min, how fast is the the bottom, and 2 ft deep. If water flows in at 10 [Link]. per min,
surface rising when the water is 1 ft deep? find how fast the water surface is rising, when the water is 6 in
1 deep.
ANSWER: ANSWER: 0.4 ft/min.
7
10. A light is placed on the ground 30 ft from the building. A man 6 ft
3. √
If the diagonal of a cube is increasing at the rate of 3 cubic tall walks from the light toward the building at the rate of 5 ft per
inches per minute, how fast is the side of the cube increasing? sec. Find the rate at which the length of his shadow on the wall
ANSWER: 1 in/min is changing when he is 15 ft from the building.
ANSWER: -4 ft/sec
4. If y=x 3 and x increases at the rate of 3 units per second, how
11. A trough is 20 ft long and has a cross-section in the shape of an
fast is the slope of the graph changing when x=5 ? equilateral triangle 2 ft on each side. If water is being pumped in
ANSWER: 90 unit per second at the rate of 10 [Link]./min, how fast is the water level rising when

5. A ladder 20 ft long leans against a vertical wall. If the top slides

√
the water is 3 feet deep?
downward at the rate of 2 ft/sec, find how fast the lower end is ANSWER: ¼ ft/sec
moving when it is 16 ft from the wall.
ANSWER: 1.5 ft/sec 12. Water flows into a conical tank at the rate of 6 cubic meters per
second. The radius of the cone is 2 m and its height is 4 m. Find
6. A boy in a bike rides north 5 mi, then turns east. If he rides 10 mi dh / dt when the water is filled to a height h=2 m.
per hr, at what rate was his distance to the starting point S 6
changing 2 hrs after he left that point? ANSWER: m/sec
π
ANSWER: 3 √ 10 mi/h r
VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION
7. A man walks across a bridge at the rate of 5 ft/sec. A boat 13. A body moves along a straight line according to the equation
passes directly beneath him at 10 ft/sec. If the bridge is 30 ft
s=t 3 −t . Determine its velocity and acceleration at the end of 2
above the water, how fast are the man and the boat separating 3
seconds later? seconds.
25 ANSWER: v = 11 ft/ sec, a = 12 ft / sec 2
ANSWER: ft /sec
3
14. A stone, projected vertically upward with initial velocity 104 ft/sec,
moves according to the law s=104 t−16 t 2 , where s is the
 distance from the starting point. Compute the a) greatest height 22. Find the approximate change in the value of a cube of side x
reached, b) when will its height be 120 ft? caused by increasing the sides by 2%.
13 2
ANSWER: a = 4 sec. and b = 2t −13 t+ 15=0 ANSWER: 0.06 x 3 cubic in.
23. If the radius of the sphere is increased by 3 in. with a possible
error of 0.01 in., find approximately the greatest possible error
and percentage error in the computed value of the volume.
ANSWER: 3.1%

24. It is desired to give a spherical tank of diameter 10 ft (or 120 in) a

coat of 0.01 inch thick. Estimate how many gallons of paint will
FREE FALL be required, if 1 gallon will cover about 200 cubic inches.
15. A ball is shot straight up into the air with initial velocity of 120 ANSWER: 2.26 gallons
ft/sec. How far has it traveled in 1 sec?
ANSWER: 104 ft 25. Use differentials to approximate the change in sin θ if θ
changes from 60º to 61º.
16. A ball was shot straight up from the ground. What must its initial ANSWER: 0.0087
velocity have been if it returned to earth in 10 second?
ANSWER: 160 ft/sec
MINIMA AND MAXIMA INVOLVING TRIGO
17. A stone is thrown from a height of 96 ft. with an initial velocity of 26. Find the shape of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in a
How long does it take to hit the ground and with what speed does given circle of radius r.
it hit the ground? π
θ=
ANSWER: 80 ft/sec ANSWER: 4
27. A fisherman 10 km. from the shore desires to reach a point on the
18. A object is thrown into the air so that its height s is given by shore 20 km. from his present position. If he can walk 4 km per
s=t 2 + 6 t +8
. Find its maximum height. hr and rows 2 km per hr, in what direction θ should he row in
ANSWER: 35 units order to reach his destination in the shortest possible time?

θ=30°
ANSWER:
APPROXIMATION OF DIFFERENTIAL
19. Find the approximate formula of a circular ring. 28. A pole of length AB is to be moved in two corridors of lengths 27 ft
and 8 ft. Find the minimum length of AB for the pole to pass
ANSWER: 2 π ∆ r through the second from the first corridor.

20. Find the approximate value for √ 3 .75 . ANSWER:

L=46 . 86
ft.
ANSWER: 1.9375
3 APPLICATION OF INVERSE TRIGO. FUNCTION
21. Find the approximate value of √ 66 . 29. A balloon leaving the ground 60 ft from an observer, rises 10 ft
per sec. How fast is the angle of elevation of the line of sight
ANSWER: 4.0416 decreasing after 8 second?
 ANSWER: 0.06 radian per second

30. A ladder 10 ft. long leans against a wall. Find the rate how fast is
the angle θ between the ladder and the ground changing at the
given moment when the ladder is 6 ft. away from the wall and
sliding along the ground away from the wall at the rate of 2 ft/sec.
ANSWER: -1/4 radian per second

31. A boat is being pulled into a dock by a rope, at the rate of 2 ft per
sec., and that passes through a ring on the bow of the boat. The
dock is higher than the bow ring. Find the rate of change of the
angle θ when there is 10 ft rope out.
ANSWER: 4/15 rad per second.